Folding display-box.



W. F. WARE.

FOLDING DISPLAY BOX.

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FOLDING DISPLAY-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application med October 28, 1912. Serial No. 728,084.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER F. WARE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Haddonfield, county of Camden, State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Display- Boxes,whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanyin drawings.

his invention particularly relates to boxes folded from blanks of sheetmaterial, for packing, shipping and storing merchandise, and isespecially applicable to boxes such as are adapted for convenientlydisplaying the goods contained therein.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a box body withretaining means for preventing the accidental displacement ofmerchandise when arranged in the box body.

Other objects of this invention are to rovide a box havingreinforcements provi ing braces so disposed as to form a substantiallyrigid structure, even when constructed of comparatively light material;and to provide locking means for holding the box structure and itsreinforcements in their cooperative relation.

Further objects of this invention are to provide a box that may bestored in the form of flat blanks, which may be folded and the partsexpeditiously united to form the boxes as needed; and to provide a boxstructure which is durable and ellicient, and which may be produced at aminimum expense.

This invention also comprehends the method of folding the blanks wherebythe greatest possible rigidity of both the box body structure and thelid is afforded.

Briefly stated, the form of this invention hereinafter described,provides abox having separable body and lid structures, the bodystructure comprising a. rectangular bottom, having side and end wallsintegral therewith and turned upward to form a receptacle for articlesto be contained therein, each of said side walls having end projectingflaps and a marginal flap turned inward perpendicular thereto, and saidmarginal flaps having end projections extending laterally beyon the edgethereof and arranged to be turned down perpendicular to the bottom. Theend walls have their lateral edges notched and are each provided withmarginal flaps extending laterally beyond said edges and arranged to befolded over said end flaps and projections, with its lateral projectingporti ons extending beneath the inturned margmalfiaps of the respectiveside walls.

This invention further includes all of the various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specified.

In the accompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a ox including abox body and a lid constructed in accordance with this invention,showing the lid closed, and broken away for convenience'of illustration;Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the end of the box bodylooking from the inside and showing the foldable members partly opened;and Fi 3 is a plan view of the plane blank from w ich the box body maybe formed.

Referrin to the drawings, one embodiment of this invention includes abox body comprising an oblong, rectangular bottom wall 10 provided withoblong rectangular side walls 11 and 12 integral therewith and which areprovided with marginal side flaps 13 and 14, respectively havin endprojections 15 and 16 which are wider than said marginal side flaps, andwhich roject, when turned inwardly, beyond the fi-ee edges of therespective marginal side flaps 13 and 14. Said side walls 11 and 12 arealso provided with the end projectin flaps 18 and 19 which are arrangedto e turned inwardly perpendicularly to the side walls 11 and 12, asbest shown in the near corner of Fig. 6, and disposed exterior to theend projections 15 and 16 on the marginal side flaps 13 and 14 astherein shown. The bottom wall 10 is also provided with end walls 20 and21 having lateral edges 22 and 23 converging respectively away from thebottom wall. The outer ortion of the end walls 20 and 21 are provi edwith marginal end flaps 24 and 25 which project laterally in oppositedirections from the outer narrower portions of said end wallsrespectively, and which are arranged to be folded over the endprojections 15 and 16 and the end projecting flaps 18 and 19, andextended downwardly within the box, with their projecting ends 27 and 28extending beneath the marginal flaps 13 and 14.

It will be-seen that the marginal side flaps 13 and 14 not only serve asa means under which the marginal flaps 24 and 25 may be engaged to lockthe parts together, but also serve to retain articles contained in thebox, and to prevent them from being accidentally displaced when theclosure or lid is removed.

The box body above described is formed of a fiat blank 50 of sheetmaterial, preferably having the configuration shown in Fig. 3, which isprovided with suitable score marks npo'n which the coiiperative parts ofthe box may be conveniently folded. Said folding is preferably effectedby first bending the side walls 11 and 12 upwardly upon the score marks51 and 52. then bending the marginal side flaps 13 and 14 inwardly uponthe score marks 53 and 5% respectively, bending the nd projections 15and 16 inwardly upon the respective score marks 57 and 58. bending 'eend projecting flaps 18 and 19 inwardly l)0Il the score marks 61 and 62against the outer surfaces of the inturned projections 15 and 16.bending the end walls 20 and 21 i )wardlv upon the respective scoremarks (H and 65, and then bending the marginal end flaps 24 and 2.; uponthe respective score marks 66 and 67 over the end and projecting flaps1S and 19 and projections 15 and 16 of the marginal side flaps 13 and14, and pressing laterally projecting ends of the marginal end flaps 24and 25 beneath the overhanging marginal side flaps 13 and 14.

The box herein described is adapte'l to contain a. plurality of boxes orpackages of merchandise and to conveniently provide a casing forinclosing said merchandise in shipment, and which may be converted intoa display holder to be placed in convenient and cmispicuous situationsfor the sale of the articles therein contained.

It will be observed that the marginal side flaps 13 and 14 not onlyprovide means for retaining the packages within the receptacle formed bythe box body, but also provide convenient space for advertising matter.

The terms end wall and side wall have been used in the specification andwill appear hereinafter in the claims as a convenient means ofdescribing or defining the vertical walls of the box and distinguishingthe parallel vertical walls extending in one direction from the parallelvertical walls extending in a direction perpendicular thereto. But it isto be understood that these terms are used in an interchangeable mannerin the specification and claims, and that the claims are not to berestricted by any narrow interpretation of these terms.

It may be here noted that a box constructed in accordance with thisinvention may be shipped in flat form and expeditiously formed asneeded, and that by reason of the substantially rectangularconfiguration of the blanks, of both the box body and lid structures,the box may be formed with comparatively little waste of the web fromwhich said blanks are out.

It is not desired to limit this invention to the precise details ofconstruction and arrangement herein set forth, as various modificationsmay be made therein without departing from the essential features of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A blank consisting of a single sheet of material adapted to be foldedto form a box body, and comprising a substantially rectangular bottomwall, a marginal wall integral with said bottom wall and extendingsubstantially the full length of one marginal edge of said bottom walland provided with a marginal flap integral with said marginal wall, theline of junction between said marginal wall and said marginal flap beingsubstantially parallel to and appreciably shorter than said edge. andsaid marginal flap projecting freely from said line of junction in alateral direction substantially parallel thereto, and a second marginalwall integral with said bottom wall and extending along a marginal edgeof said bottom wall substantially perpendicular to said first mentionedmarginal edge, said second marginal wall being provided with an endprojecting flap and with a marginal flap having an end projectionappreciably wider than said last mentioned flap, said end projectingflap and said end projection being arranged to be folded inwardly tocooperate with said first mentioned marginal wall and said firstmentioned marginal flap where said blank is folded to form a box body.

2. A box body comprising a single blank of sheet material forming abottom wall, an end wall having lateral edges converging outwardly withrespect to said bottom wall and provided with a marginal end flapextending laterally beyond the outer narrower portion of said end wall,and a side wall having a marginal inturned side flap provided with anend projection of greater width than said marginal side flap and foldedinwardly, said marginal end flap being folded inwardly over the freeedges of said end projection and engaging beneath the said inturned sideflap for holding the said walls in position.

3. A box body comprising a substantially rectangular bottom Wall, avertical marginal wall integral with and projecting upwardly from saidbottom wall, and having lateral edges converging outwardly with respectto said bottom wall, said vertical marginal wall being provided with amarginal flap integral therewith and having an end projecting laterallyfrom the outer narrower portion of said vertical wall, a second verticalmarginal wall integral with and projecting upwardly from said bottomwall in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of said firstmentioned vertical wall and provided with an end projecting flapintegral therewith and extending inwardly therefrom, said secondvertical wall being also provided with a marginal flap integraltherewith and projecting inwardly therefrom in substantially parallelrelation to said bottom Wall, and said last mentioned flap having an endprojection integral therewith and appreciably wider than said lastmentioned flap and projecting downwardly therefrom in contact with saidend projecting flap, said end projection and said end projecting flapbeing arranged inside of and in substantially parallel relation to saidfirst mentioned vertical wall and between said first mentioned verticalwall and said first mentioned marginal flap, and the said end of saidfirst mentioned marginal fiap projecting beneath said second mentionedmarginal flap.

4. A blank for a box body, comprising a rectangular bottom wall, an endwall integral with said bottom wall and provided with lateral edgesconverging away from said bottom wall, a marginal end flap integral withsaid end wall and having an end projecting freely laterally from theouter narrower portion of said end wall, and a side wall integral withsaid bottom wall and provided with an end projecting flap and with amarginal side flap provided with an end projection wider than saidmarginal side flap, said end projecting flap and said end projectionbeing arranged to be folded in parallel relation between said end Walland said marginal end flap.

5. A box body comprising a substantially rectangular bottom wall, an endwall integral with said bottom wall, a marginal end flap integral withsaid end wall, the line of junction between said end wall and saidmarginal end flap being of a length less than the length of thecorresponding dimension of said bottom wall, a side wall integral withsaid bottom wall and provided with an end projecting flap, a marginalside flap integral with said side wall and provided with an'endprojection integral with and wider than said marginal side flap, saidend wall and said side wall being arranged to extend upwardly from saidbottom wall and said marginal side flap being arranged to extend fromthe upper margin of said side wall inwardly and in substantiallyparallel relation to said bottom wall, and said end projecting flap andsaid end projection being arranged in a plane substantiallyperpendicular to said bottom wall and to said side wall inside of saidend wall between said end wall and said marginal end flap.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day ofOctober, 1912.

\VALTER F. WARE.-

Witnesses:

HARRY D. MoonE, BOYD N. SHEPPARD.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,146,827, grantedJuly 20, 1915,

upon the application of Walter F. Ware, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, foran improvement in Folding Display-Boxes," errors appear in theprintedspecification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 18, afterthe word "inturned insert the word end; same page, line 23, strike outthe word and, second occurrence; same page, line 24, before the wordprojections insert the word end; and that the said Letters Patent shouldbe read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 28th day of September, A. D., 1915.

J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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